xi, 210 pages ; 24 cm

"We have, as a theological community, generally lost a language in which to speak of the created-ness of the world. As a consequence, our discourses of reason cannot bridge the way we know God and the way we know the world. Therefore, argues Oliver Davies, a primary task of contemporary theology is the regeneration of a Christian account of the world as sacramental, leading to the formation of a Christian conception of reason and a new Christocentric understanding of the real. Both the Johannine tradition of creation through the Word and a Eucharistic semiotics of Christ as the embodied, sacrificial and creative speech of God serve the project of a repairal of Christian cosmology. The world itself is viewed as a creative text authored by God, of which we as interpreters are an integral part. This is a wide-ranging and convincing book that makes an important contribution to modern theology"--Publisher's description

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index

Introduction: The Cosmological Imperative -- pt. 1. An archaeology of createdness. The architecture of createdness -- The metaphysics of createdness -- Cosmological fragments -- pt. 2. Scriptural Cosmology. Speech revealed -- Spirit and letter -- Voice and sacrifice -- pt. 3. Eucharistic Wisdom: The abundant real -- Wisdom of the flesh -- Eucharistic reasoning -- Conclusion: Cosmology and the theological imagination

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews